http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/19/barking-blondes-when-to-vaccinate/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/19/barking-blondes-when-to-vaccinate/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34992 Dr Ron Schultz, professor and chair of pathological sciences at The University of Wisconsin, joined us on the radio show a few months ago, via Skype.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/19/barking-blondes-when-to-vaccinate/feed/ 13 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/12/barking-blondes-other-peoples-dogs/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/12/barking-blondes-other-peoples-dogs/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 04:00:21 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34833 We have never had children but would like to ask all parents this. When you experience a birth do you instantly become interested in or affectionate towards other babies and small people?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/12/barking-blondes-other-peoples-dogs/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/05/barking-blondes-do-you-remember-your-first-pet/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/05/barking-blondes-do-you-remember-your-first-pet/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 04:00:46 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34679 The London Pet Show opens in Earls Court next weekend and yours truly have been asked to open it. Our two bull breeds, Molly and Matilda, have only seven more days of peace before they are paraded out to the public for much patting and pawing.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/05/barking-blondes-do-you-remember-your-first-pet/feed/ 16 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/28/barking-blondes-could-your-dog-find-its-way-home/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/28/barking-blondes-could-your-dog-find-its-way-home/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:00:20 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34494 Our local yoga centre, in Marylebone, has a yoga dog called Jalebi. She is a 10-month old Sheltie. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/28/barking-blondes-could-your-dog-find-its-way-home/feed/ 14 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/21/barking-blondes-the-health-of-your-dog/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/21/barking-blondes-the-health-of-your-dog/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:00:55 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34298 If a well known vet becomes 'the face' of a product such as a pharmaceutical or a campaign, are you more likely to trust that product?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/21/barking-blondes-the-health-of-your-dog/feed/ 9 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/14/barking-blondes-should-all-dogs-be-muzzled-in-public/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/14/barking-blondes-should-all-dogs-be-muzzled-in-public/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:00:20 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34123 Should all dogs be muzzled in public? How do you feel when you pass a muzzled mutt? Safe and secure? Or maybe that the masked four-legged friend might be a potential Hannibal Lecter?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/14/barking-blondes-should-all-dogs-be-muzzled-in-public/feed/ 203 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/07/barking-blondes-smuggling-your-dog-into-forbidden-areas/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/07/barking-blondes-smuggling-your-dog-into-forbidden-areas/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:00:30 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33892 Whether its right or wrong, smuggling your dog into forbidden areas is on the increase. Over the Easter holidays a pair of long ears and snout were spotted peering out of a handbag in London’s Chelsea Old Church and from under a coat in the back pew of St James's Piccadilly.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/07/barking-blondes-smuggling-your-dog-into-forbidden-areas/feed/ 9 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/31/barking-blondes-doggy-apps-lost-pooches-and-petworking/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/31/barking-blondes-doggy-apps-lost-pooches-and-petworking/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:00:07 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33735 Dogs are big business! As well as dog ownership doubling in six years, the pet industry has boomed in the UK, with an estimated value of £7 billion, increasing by seven per cent annually despite the recession. The past decade has seen an explosion of doggy gadgets, toys and clothes. Well, now it seems the computer age has targeted dog owners with the app market believing it can enrich your relationship with your dog. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/31/barking-blondes-doggy-apps-lost-pooches-and-petworking/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/24/barking-blondes-tick-bite-prevention-week-dog-shampoo-and-stoned-dogs/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/24/barking-blondes-tick-bite-prevention-week-dog-shampoo-and-stoned-dogs/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:00:02 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33586 Our bulldog Matilda has been suffering from loose bowels this week, a direct result from devouring duck poo in Regents Park. She is a scavenger and once off the lead, out of sight, will vacuum up whatever her jowels come across. Remember the case last summer of the abandoned hash cakes in a bin in Hyde Park? When she was stoned for a day due to some picnicker’s complete irresponsibility.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/24/barking-blondes-tick-bite-prevention-week-dog-shampoo-and-stoned-dogs/feed/ 38 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/17/barking-blondes-dog-free-zones-the-bulldog-meetup-group-and-fouling/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/17/barking-blondes-dog-free-zones-the-bulldog-meetup-group-and-fouling/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:00:44 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33395 There is growing unrest amongst many dog owners in London. It seems that in the same way a motorist may, unwittingly, stray into the Congestion Zone or bus lane, so dog walkers may be breaking the law. Restrictions and enforcements across the capital are up and if London is used as a barometer, we can only assume it’s becoming a national issue.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/17/barking-blondes-dog-free-zones-the-bulldog-meetup-group-and-fouling/feed/ 117 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/10/barking-blondes-crufts-poodles-in-curlers-and-wet-dog-smell/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/10/barking-blondes-crufts-poodles-in-curlers-and-wet-dog-smell/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:00:35 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33170 Its Crufts at the Birmingham NEC this weekend and we paid a visit on Thursday. Hoping to be fresh for our radio broadcast the following day, we stayed in one of the many hotels on site. If your budget can stretch this far, we reckon this is actually, the best bit. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/10/barking-blondes-crufts-poodles-in-curlers-and-wet-dog-smell/feed/ 11 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/03/barking-blondes-bring-your-cat-along-to-tea-time-in-shoreditch/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/03/barking-blondes-bring-your-cat-along-to-tea-time-in-shoreditch/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:30:42 +0000 Joanne Good and Anna Webb http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32920 London’s first cat café is set to open, this Summer, in trendy Shoreditch.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/03/barking-blondes-bring-your-cat-along-to-tea-time-in-shoreditch/feed/ 21